Paperboard coin box



S S? 1945 c. F. KLExN PAPERBOARD COIN BOX Filed June 20, 1945 Quale/Mofa lean Clarence I Patented Oct. 8, 1946 PAPERBOARD COIN BOX Clarence F. Klein, Columbus, Ohio, assigner to Frankenberg Bros., Inc., Columbus, Ohio, a

corporation of Ohio Appiication June 20, 1945, Serial No. 600,460

3 Claims.

This invention relates to paperboard boxes or cartons, and has particular reference to a simple, inexpensive and eliicient box or receptacle which may be employed for the reception of coins and adapted for use in the saving of money for church purposes or the like.

It is an object of the invention to provide a coin-receiving box by which is formed from a single blank of paperboard, or other similar materials, and in which the blank is shaped to produce a multiplicity of end aps which are so constructed and relatively arranged when the box is assembled, to provide for the insertion of coins into the box through registering slots formed in certain of the end flaps.

It is another object of the invention to provide a box of this type in which inwardly depressible coin-retaining flaps are provided beneath the slotted flaps, said retaining aps being so arranged as to permit of the convenient insertion of a coin into the box but to prevent withdrawal of the coin unless the box is opened or mutilated.

For a further understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the following description and the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a coin-receiving or mite box formed in accordance with the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken through the box on the line indicated by the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional View on the line 3-3 of Figl 1;

Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional View on the line -ll of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a View of the paperboard blank from which the box is formed.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the money-receiving or mite box, forming the present invention, is produced from a paperboard blank possessing the configuration illustrated in Fig. 5. The blank is cut and creased to provide a front panel I, a back panel 2, outer side panels 3 and Ll, and a plurality of inner reenforcing panels disclosed at 5, Ii and 1. As shown in Fig. 4, when the box is folded, the panel 5 Will atly engage the rear surface of the loack'panel 2, the panels 2 and 5 being united in permanent order by a suitable adhesive. The panels 6 and 1, when the box is folded, flatly engage and reenforce the side panel 3 and the front panel I, respectively. The box thus possesses on all sides, except the panel 4, double wall thicknesses which contribute markedly to its mechanical strength.

The blank is also formed so that the lower edges I5 and IS.

of the outer panels I, 2, 3 and I are "provided with foldable bottom aps which are indicated at 8, 3, Il) and Il. In assembling the box, the aps I and I I are iirst folded so that they overlap in the manner indicated in Figs. 2 and 3. Thereafter, the ilaps 8 and 9 are correspondingly folded in overlapping relationship in order that they may be permanently bonded together by means of a suitable paperboard adhesive, thus forming the closed bottom of the box.

The top of the box is formed by shaping the blank to provide flaps I2 and I3 which form extensions of the panels l and 2 and are foldable about the dotted lines indicated at I4 in the drawing. In this connection, all dotted lines disclosed in Fig. 5 represent fold or crease lines, whereas the full lines, except those disclosing outer margins, represent slitted regions. 'Ihe flaps l2 and I3 are formed with registering Slots indicated at I5 and I6, the slot I5 possessing a somewhat greater width than the slot I6. The panels 5 and 'i are provided with coin guarding and removal preventing flaps indicated at I9 and 2i! which, when the box is being folded for assembly, are inturned and overlapped so that they will be disposed beneath the overlapping slotted iiaps I2 and I3, the latter being united in permanent order through the use of an adhesive.

In the order of folding or assembling the top aps, the aps I9 and 26 are rst folded inwardly to a substantially horizontal position. The flaps I1 and IB, which are attached to the panels 3 and 4, are folded inwardly and to the upper surfaces thereof, there is glued the slotted flap I2, which has received glue on both its upper and lower surfaces. The flaps I1 and I8 serve to keep the iiap I2 from being glued to the lower flaps I9 and 20, since the latter must be free at all times to move downwardly under the iniiuence of a coin inserted in the registering slots Following the adhesive attachment of the flap I2 to the flaps I1 and I8, the upper iiap I3 is folded over and adhesively united with the upper surface of the flap I2.

In View of the foregoing, it will be seen that I have provided a paperboard box or receptacle for the retention and safe keeping of coins. The box nds it principal use in the saving of coins for church or Sunday school purposes, although, of course, its use is not so limited. The construction of the box is such as to render the same sufliciently sturdy for the purposes to which it is placed and, moreover, the construction is simple and economical and capable of being produced ln large quantities by standard paper box manufacturing machines.

claim:

1. A coin-receiving box comprising a paperboard body composed of a single blank cut and folded to provide side, front and back panels and a plurality of end-forming flaps constituting extensions of said panels, the flaps at one end of said box embodying a pair of overlapping slotted flaps, each of the latter possessing an area correspending to the full horizontal cross sectional area of the assembled box body, additional coinretaining iiaps formed with certain of said panels and arranged to underlie the slotted laps, each of said coin-retaining flaps possessing an area substantially less than that of the slotted flaps, so that the adjacent edges of the coin-retaining aps are disposed substantially in alignment with the slots of the first-named flaps, and narrow inturned ap extensions formed with said side panels and operatively disposed between the coin-retaining flaps and the slotted aps for adhesive union with the latter.

2. A normally closed coin-receiving box cornprising a paperboard body composed of a single blank of material which is cut and folded to provide side, front; and back panels and a plurality of reenforcing panels engageable with the inner surfaces of the front and back panels and with at least one of the side panels, a plurality of endforming aps formed with certain of said panels, the flaps at one end of said box embodying a pair of overlapping slotted ilaps constituting integral extensions of said front and back panels, each of said slotted ilaps possessing an area corresponding substantially to the full horizontal cross sectional area of the assembled box body, and additional coin-retaining flaps integrally formed with the inner reenforcing front and back panels, each of said coin-retaining flaps possessing an area substantially less than that of the slotted iiaps, so that the adjoining edges of the coin-retaining iiaps are disposed substantially in alignment with the slots of the first-named flaps.

3. A normally closed coin-receiving box comprising a paperboard body composed of a single blank of material which is cut and folded to provide side, front and back panels and a plurality of reenforcing panels engageable with the inner surfaces of the front and back panels and with at least one of the side panels, a plurality of endforming aps formed with certain of said panels, the ilaps at one end of said box embodying a pair of overlapping slotted flaps constituting integral extensions of said front and back panels, each of said slotted flaps possessing an area corresponding substantially to the full horizontal cross sectional area of the assembled box body, additional coin-retaining aps integrally formed with the inner reenforcing front and back panels, each of said coin-retaining aps possessing an area substantially less than that'I of the slotted aps, so that the adjoining edges of the coin-retaining flaps are disposed substantially in alignment with the slots of the rst-named flaps, and narrow inturned flap extensions formed with said side panels and arranged between the resiliently movable coin-retaining flaps and the slotted upper i'laps for adhesive union with the lower of the slotted aps.

CLARENCE F. KLEIN. 

